Virulence Saj Bezatyne

Virulence Bezatyne Isradia is a Krath Priest in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, his status is currently Rogue.

Character History

Virulence Rising

Virulence was born Saj Bezatyne on the harsh world of Barab I, somewhere around 3-5 BBY. Around the age of 10 or so, the Bezatyne family was ambushed by a group of Bounty Hunters while hunting on their home world. The Bezatyne Elders were slain, but the three younglings, Saj, Kazic, and Kaiya, were abducted, and sold into slavery to the Hutts. While Saj and Kazic were thrown into harsh combat training as gladiators for the Hutt's entertainment, Kaiya was shipped off elsewhere; her whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

Over the years, Saj and Kazic quickly gained reputations as extraordinarily vicious and skilled fighters, and eventually the cruel Hutts forced them to face each other in the arena. Reluctantly, the brothers engaged in a sickening display of savage ferocity combined with lethal precision. After almost an hour of all-out combat, Saj prevailed, but in the end, refused to end his brother's life. The Hutts in turn, promptly executed Kazic on the spot, and spent the next 6 weeks torturing Saj repeatedly for his insolence.

Just as the Hutts were about to torture Saj to death, their complex was infiltrated by a small band of maverick Jedi led by the Barabel Saba Sebatyne. Saba freed Saj, returning him to his home world of Barab I.

Saba immediately sensed Saj's abilities, and began his training in the use of the force, along side her son Tesar, and the Hara Sisters. It wasn't long however before Saj's dark tendencies began to surface, and Saba herself began to second guess her decision to train him. Eventually, Saj snapped, losing his temper in a training exercise with another student, and killing the young Barabel. Saba responded by using a Jedi technique intended to erase Saj's short-term memory, however she only succeeded in burying it, along with his identity, deep in his subconscious.

Banished from Barab I, with no recollection of who he was, Saj adopted the name Virulence, and made his way across the galaxy, using his training to land work as the occasional Mercenary or Assassin, all the while being guided by a force he could not explain.

Into the Void

Virulence spent several years working exclusively for a wealthy land owner and politician in the Hapan Cluster, accumulating vast amounts of money eliminating enemies and political rivals, which he used to purchase and customize his Miy’Til Starfighter, which he named The Virus. He eventually accepted a contract which took him across the galaxy pursuing a target to the surface of Yavin IV. After eliminating the mark deep in the planet’s dense jungles, Virulence heard the sound of dueling lightsabers in the distance. He followed the sound over a ridge where he witnessed a pair of Dark Jedi dueling on top of an ancient Massassi temple. The spectacle awakened something deep within the reptile, and he found himself compelled to follow the victor of the duel into the Acaar System, to the planet Elysian, home of House Ziost of Clan Exar Kun.

The Dark Jedi of Ziost detected Virulence as soon as he entered the system, and captured the reptile as soon as he set down on Elysian. Upon examination however, Quaestor Numaril Asfågeln immediately sensed the Barabel's potential, and with the blessing of his Consul, Grand Master Emeritus Chi-Long, initiated the Barabel into the Clan of Exar Kun.

Virulence began to rise quickly within the ranks of Ziost, making a name for himself among his fellow Dark Jedi in the Brotherhood’s Independence Games, and attracting the attention of his future Master, Lucien Isradia. Under Lucien’s tutelage,Virulence joined the Krath Order, submersing himself in ancient tomes of Dark Side history and regaining his memory through Krath Magic and Dark Meditation. Virulence became Virulence Saj Bezatyne, a combination of the cunning warrior he was, and the ruthless killer he had become.

Abomination Unleashed

As the Clans of Exar Kun and Satal Keto were merged to form Clan Plagueis, Virulence finally reached the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, and began taking leadership roles within the Clan; however the reptile felt his destiny lay elsewhere. As Lucien’s Apprentice, the Barabel had accompanied his Master to the planet Vardor, in the Nox system, home of Imperial House Isradia several times. The first time he laid eyes on the magnificent city of Urd Nathen, Virulence knew his path would one day lead him back to Vardor.

The reptile approached Clan Plagueis’ Loremaster, Dark Adept Jonaleth Isradia, and pledged his life and loyalty to the Imperial House Isradia. Believing the reptile to be “The Abomination” mentioned in an ancient Vardorin prophecy, The Grand Duke of Vardor accepted the reptile’s pledge, naming him Margrave Virulence Bezatyne Isradia, and made him Panarch of the coastal city of Gar Thesalin, which had recently been thrown into a state of leaderless chaos and unrest. Virulence immediately resigned from his leadership position within Clan Plagueis, spending most of his time stabilizing and rebuilding Gar Thesalin, but managed an elevation to the rank of Krath Priest, and fought viciously alongside his Clansmen in the Sixth Great Jedi War.

At the end of the Sixth Great Jedi War, Virulence suddenly left his long time home of Clan Plagueis, and went rogue. Rumors have circulated claiming the reptile has located his sister Kaiya, and that he has been seen in Gar Thesalin with a small Barabel child, however none of this has been confirmed.

The Virus

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Virulence acquired this Miy’til starfighter while working for a man in the Hapan Cluster, just before discovering the Brotherhood, and has spent a considerable amount of time, and a small fortune upgrading certain aspects of the ship to the specifications of Prince Isolder’s legendary Storm. Each wing is tipped with an ion cannon, and the nose holds a set of triple-linked laser cannons and a mini-concussion missile-launcher with bay of ten missiles. The Virus employs an R2 astromech droid to assist with in-flight operations and navigation. The four Incom 6X4 fusial thrust engines have been rebuilt with modified Tykannin class-4 power converters to give the ship the sub-light speed of a Tie Interceptor, and the ship is equipped with four banks of nordoxicon 38 anti-concussion field generators. Virulence uses The Virus strictly for personal transportation, or in emergency situations, otherwise the ship remains docked in Diadem Fortress.

DJB Facts

Positions Held

Envoy - House Bane of Plagueis

Aedile - House Satal Keto of Plagueis

Proconsul - Clan Plagueis